<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ANSI_X3.4-1968" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968" /><title>futex_wait_setup</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Unreliable Guide To Locking" /><link rel="up" href="apiref-futex.html" title="Chapter 12. Futex API reference" /><link rel="prev" href="API-futex-wait-queue-me.html" title="futex_wait_queue_me" /><link rel="next" href="API-handle-early-requeue-pi-wakeup.html" title="handle_early_requeue_pi_wakeup" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">futex_wait_setup</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-futex-wait-queue-me.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 12. Futex API reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-handle-early-requeue-pi-wakeup.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry"><a id="API-futex-wait-setup"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>futex_wait_setup — Prepare to wait on a futex </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <strong class="fsfunc">futex_wait_setup </strong>(</code></td><td>u32 __user * <var class="pdparam">uaddr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>u32 <var class="pdparam">val</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>unsigned int <var class="pdparam">flags</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>struct futex_q * <var class="pdparam">q</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>struct futex_hash_bucket ** <var class="pdparam">hb</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a id="idm140391695918992"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>uaddr</code></em></span></dt><dd><p> the futex userspace address </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>val</code></em></span></dt><dd><p> the expected value </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em></span></dt><dd><p> futex flags (FLAGS_SHARED, etc.) </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>q</code></em></span></dt><dd><p> the associated futex_q </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>hb</code></em></span></dt><dd><p> storage for hash_bucket pointer to be returned to caller </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a id="idm140391695908240"></a><h2>Description</h2><p> Setup the futex_q and locate the hash_bucket. Get the futex value and compare it with the expected value. Handle atomic faults internally. Return with the hb lock held and a q.key reference on success, and unlocked with no q.key reference on failure. </p></div><div class="refsect1"><a id="idm140391695906800"></a><h2>Return</h2><p> 0 - uaddr contains val and hb has been locked; <1 - -EFAULT or -EWOULDBLOCK (uaddr does not contain val) and hb is unlocked </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-futex-wait-queue-me.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="apiref-futex.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-handle-early-requeue-pi-wakeup.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="phrase">futex_wait_queue_me</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="phrase">handle_early_requeue_pi_wakeup</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>